7 DECEMBER 1901, Page 24

We have received from the Oxford University Press a very

handsome edition, bound in black morocco, of The Book of Common Prayer, containing all the recent corrections. "Great primer royal 4to" is the technical description of the volume. It is of a very convenient size for a reading desk of the new style, and for private use when the surroundings are of a certain dignity. It might be a little overpowering in a small villa,